My first poem was in 2022 spurred by a personal event, and I shared it on Twitter. I received a positive response and there was no turning back after that. Find my short writes and poems on X @bitspurt.
Here's a sampling.
THE NORTHERN LIGHTS


Dancing across the heavens 
In green, pink, purple and red
They have had everyone baffled

Are they the spirit of the dead
Calling from the yonder?

Or are they the glow from 
The Valkyrie shield and armor?

Is it the Arctic fire foxes
Raising sparks to the sky?

Or is it the atoms and molecules
Lighting up as they excite and decay?

The Aurora Borealis is one of a kind
Not to leave its sister
The Aurora Australis behind

Whatever they are to you personally
They excite and enthrall you 
With their unmistakable beauty
CRUEL INTENTIONS
 
Bright-eyed pal
Trusting, oblivious,
Snack-worthy, delicious.
Candid cam captures
Puckered lips and
Cruel intentions
THE PRINCESS

Here comes the princess 
Convene the Joustmasters 
Size up your opponent 
Get to be the first proponent 
Duel, joust, wrestle and spar 
The spoils are not very far
WOODLAND MAGIC

Woodland magic descends 
As innocent beauty transcends 
Forest bliss, golden hour's kiss 
Starlit dreams, a fawn's hopes
TRIVIAL PURSUIT

For a life spent
In trivial pursuit
It’s not enough
To gallivant
It’s imperative
That you flaunt --
Garner all the buzz
You could want
RABBIT HOLE

Adventure down
This rabbit hole of choice
Scamper through tunnels

Find a chamber
Ingest, rest, or nest
(not to forget, digest)

It’s never time lost
Explore, preserve, perpetuate
Hardy knowledge, stories of survival
QUANTUM ADVENTURE

Vanquishes
Her loneliness
With adventure,

Trekking deep
Into the minuscule
Quantum sphere
NATURE'S LOVE SONG

Soothing birdsong, 
Bubbling brook,
 Acoustic harmony 
In every cranny and nook, 
Nature's love song.
WAY BACK HOME

Unfamiliar terrain, though
Not entirely unacquainted
It's nostalgia calling me

Oh that déjà vu of
having been here before
Hopes of finding it again

What else could it be?
All I ever wanted was
Find my way back home
PATRIOT PRIDE

With a reminder a year of
Everything I hold dear 
Puffin' with patriot pride 
Laying all ground realities aside 
In fact and fantasy I stand astride
THE ROYAL IMPERATIVE

Kneel before royalty 
And starkly lower your dignity 
Lest there be serious penalty 
Not following the procedure 
Sure leads to their anger 
Your obedience is their prerogative 
Quickly turned into an imperative
RIP DEAR ECHO

an echo with an ego 
moving grooving 
set on proving 
it's the original 
not merely a parallel 
not a repetition 
nor reverberation 
insists it's bona fide 
and not copied 
oblivious to its nature 
and its definitive future 
a copy of its master 
it ceases to matter
A MIND FREE OF FEAR

A great discovery gets made 
or someone gets a good grade 

Let's stop and ponder a bit 
Instead of wondering how they do it 

A brain can figure out anything 
provided it's thinking n feeling 
and fully functioning 
The only caveat being 
the mind has to be clear 
And free of all fear

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